If you have not signed the iPlayer Petition on the No 10 website, please do. I find it infuriating that the BBC could even consider in this day and age to launch such an important service for Windows and IE only. What are they thinking?
I read this in an article about the “Webmaster of Al-Qaida” in The Economist today:
In light of this month’s failed attempts to set off car bombs in London and at Glasgow airport, allegedly by a group of foreign doctors and other medical staff, one exchange of messages found on Irhabi007’s computer, in a folder marked […]
Anybody who is firmly opposed to the death penalty, like myself, will feel that the execution of Saddam yesterday was wrong. It was not, as the Australian Prime Minister suggested, a sign of a mature and confident iraqi state, but, like any execution, an act of self-righteous barbarism. Yes, Saddam was probably a monster, but […]
Eating here makes you realise what animals in a zoo must feel like. Huge crowds gather around the conveyer belt and your table to stare at this exotic Japanese fish food, ask questions and point at the chopsticks in amazement. Still, Felix loves it there, especially the aubergine, the pumpkin and the chicken salad. […]
One of my favourite things to do in the valley has become early morning lap swimming at Rinconada pool in Palo Alto. I love outdoor pools and this one, though a bit shabby, is in a very nice setting and very convenient just off 101. It is a crying shame that so few outdoor pools […]
Something quite amazing happened this morning. I was still sleeping when Beth came running in to tell me that I had just been on Radio 4, sort of. On the Today programme John Humphreys had apparently read out a letter that I had sent in the day before commenting on an interview around er… one […]
Watch any Reality TV show these days and there will regularly be a point where contestants or participants are being voted off, lose or win, move to the next round etc. It usually starts with a presenter saying words like “The housemate to leave the Big Brother house tonight is…” - right. At this point […]
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